摘要：a great quantity of(quantities of)后面除可跟不可数名词之外,还可跟可数名词。
quantity/ˈkwɑːntəti/
n.数量；量；大量；数目；大批；数额；众多；大宗
a great quantity of(quantities of)后面除可跟不可数名词之外,还可跟可数名词。
1.a large/small quantity of sth
大量 / 小量的…
enormous/vast/huge quantities of food
大量的食物
The police found a quantity of drugs at his home.
警察在他家发现了大量毒品。
A swoop by customs officers netted a large quantity of drugs.
海关人员突然袭击，缉获大量毒品。
A large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.
在这次突击行动中起获了大量毒品。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。
During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
发烧时，大量水分会通过排汗而丧失。
We took the decision to withdraw a quantity of stock from sale.
我们决定将一批存货下架。
There are only a small quantity of flowers left in the garden. 花园里只剩少量的鲜花了。
The man died very suddenly from drinking a small amount of rum after eating a large quantity of bananas.
这个人吃了许多香蕉,然后喝了点朗姆酒,突然就死了。
This may seem a large quantity of mushrooms, but they do boil down considerably.
这些蘑菇看上去很多，但一煮就没多少了。
Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.
世界上许多容易受气候影响的国家，大多数是非洲或小岛国家，制造了少量的排放气体。
It's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data
获取如此大量的数据非常费时。
We import huge quantities of oil each year.
我们每年进口大量石油。
The state allotted them large quantities of chemical fertilizer.
国家给他们调拨了大量化肥。
They ordered quantities of farm implements.
他们订购了大量农具。
He collected a quantity of curious information.
他搜集了大量稀奇古怪的消息。
They may have weaponized quantities of anthrax.
他们可能已将大量炭疽制成了武器。
They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol
他们过去习惯于狂饮烈酒。
Use equal quantities of nuts and raisins in the cake
蛋糕里放等量的花生和葡萄干。
Quantities of food were on the table.大量的食物摆在了桌子上。
Large quantities of wheat are sent abroad. 大量小麦被运往国外。
注意：an amount of, amounts of表示大量的，许多的，在标准英语中,a large amount of和large
amounts of绝不可与可数名词连用,只能与不可数名词连用，注意是“连用”不是“修饰”；因为在按照英语惯用法,当a large amount(quantity)of+不可数名词或( large)amounts( quantities)of +不可数名词充当主语时,其谓语动词的数决定于 amount(quantity)的数。应该把这两种结构中amount(quantity)看作是中心词而不是修饰词。
A large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.
在这次突击行动中起获了大量毒品。
Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.
警方对这位明星在纽约的住所进行突击搜查，发现了大量毒品。
Quantities of food were on the table.
桌上有大量的食物。
Considerable quantities of CO ₂ are adsorbed even by perfectly dry glass powder.
完全干燥玻璃粉吸附大量的二氧化碳。
2. the quantity of+不可数名词或可数名词的复数，表示某某的（数）量：
I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available.
已有的信息量大得令我不知所措。
I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money
那么多钱，我根本都无法想象。
But even with those databases, the sheer quantity of data can still cause problems.
可是即便有了那些数据库，数据的数量之大仍然会带来问题。
The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author.
光是这么多的细节就会让哪怕是头脑最清醒的作者感到困惑。
The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。
The results of the sample for the test have shown that the quantity of fatty substance in milk is appropriate to the standard.
采样检验的结果表明牛奶中的脂肪含量达标。
It seems that the information society expands the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information.
信息社会似乎通过革新信息的使用和交换方式扩大了社会成员可获得的信息量。
＂ Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing, ＂ she said, ＂ but the type of phytoplankton is changing ．＂
"不仅海洋中各种浮游植物的数量在变化,"她说,"而且浮游植物的种类也在变化。"
高考真题- 2019 北京 阅读D
But such a view is a superficial analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media.
但这种观点是基于各种形式的大众传媒所提供的信息量而进行的肤浅分析。
六级真题- 2015年
来源：翅膀英语一点号
